Photo: Decvalts · Public domainOnly 1.3% of households are unrelated adults sharing a home in Cullingworth
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.7%, Cullingworth is behind 96% of UK towns on that count. Meanwhile, 30% of households live in a terraced house, more than in 83% of UK towns. Its 1,379 households held 3,096 residents at the 2021 Census. Across Cullingworth, 50% of adults are married or in a civil partnership.
23% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 58% of UK towns
Share of residents in each five-year age band, Census 2021.
With a median age of 45, Cullingworth is older than 54% of UK towns. Measured more widely, 18% of residents are 65 or over across England’s towns. In Addingham, the oldest of West Yorkshire’s towns by this measure, it is 38%.
Median age of UK towns of 2,500+
■ Cullingworth, 45. The typical town is 44.4.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Across England, 51% of residents are women. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Cullingworth ranks below 65% of UK towns on full-time students: 4.5%
What adults did at the 2021 Census (the ONS’s NS-SEC classes), and where residents lived a year earlier.
Adults by occupation class · residents 16 and over
Address a year before the Census
Residents who lived somewhere else a year earlier. The bar runs to 25%.
Across England’s towns, 33% of adults are in managerial and professional jobs and 24% in routine work; in Cullingworth, 39% and 19%. Here, 8.6% of residents lived at another address a year earlier. Measured more widely, 7.9% of adults are full-time students across England’s towns.
Cullingworth households average 2.2 people, smaller than in 67% of UK towns
Household make-up at the 2021 Census. Each square is 1% of households.
Against West Yorkshire’s towns and England’s towns
People per household
England’s towns.
Households with dependent children make up 28%, against 29% across England’s towns. Census figures put one-person households at 30% in Cullingworth.
Fewer households without a car or van than 60% of UK towns: 13%
Accommodation type and cars or vans per household, Census 2021. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Cars or vans · share of households
Households in detached houses: 26% here and 21% across England’s towns. For households without a car or van, the comparison across England’s towns is 24%. Census figures put households in flats at 9.5% in Cullingworth.
Cullingworth sits below 83% of UK towns for residents born outside the UK (3.6%)
Country of birth, year of arrival and main language, Census 2021.
Born outside the UK, by region · share of all residents; the bar runs to 25%
When those born abroad arrived
Main language · residents aged 3 and over
Residents whose main language is English make up 99%, against 90% across England’s towns. Typically, 18% of residents were born outside the UK across England’s towns. Most residents from abroad were born in EU countries (1.6%) or in the Middle East and Asia (1.1%).
More residents with no religion than 64% of UK towns: 43%
How residents described themselves at the 2021 Census. Lines join the lowest and highest of the three figures.
Ethnic groups other than White British · all residents
White British, not charted: 93% of Cullingworth · West Yorkshire’s towns 71% · England’s towns 73%.
Religion · all residents
Other than White British, most residents describe themselves as Mixed or multiple (2.5%), Other White (1.4%) and Pakistani (1.4%). The share of residents with no religion across England’s towns is 37%. 46% of residents describe themselves as Christian across England’s towns, against 48% in Cullingworth.
Cullingworth sits below 72% of UK towns for adults who have never married (29%)
Legal partnership status (residents 16 and over) and unpaid care (residents 5 and over), Census 2021.
Partnership status · residents 16 and over
Unpaid care given · share of residents 5 and over
70 residents give 50 hours or more of unpaid care each week. Adults who have never married make up 39% across England’s towns. Unpaid carers make up 9.1%, close to the figure across England’s towns.
Degree level: the highest qualification of 33% of adults
Highest qualification, residents 16 and over, Census 2021.
Highest qualification · residents 16 and over
33% of Cullingworth’s adults have a degree-level qualification, against 34% across England’s towns; 16% have none (18%).
514 UK towns of 2,500 to 4,000 people: this is the 167th youngest
Median age, Census 2021. Hover a dot for its students and residents born abroad; click for its page.
Ages run from 20.6 in Keele to 63.1 in West Chiltington. Nearest to Cullingworth in age: Pilsley and Lower Pilsley (44.9), Willaston (Cheshire East) (44.9), Glanaman (45) and Sunniside (45.1).
Around Cullingworth, 4 of 7 towns have a higher median age
Nearby built-up areas coloured by median age, Census 2021. Tap a town for its page.
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What this data can and can’t tell you
- “West Yorkshire’s towns” and “England’s towns” mean their built-up areas. Census comparisons pool every built-up area in West Yorkshire (or England), summed the same way as Cullingworth’s figures, so households in open countryside are left out.
- Small counts are blurred. The ONS adds small random changes to Census counts to protect privacy, so the same total differs a little between tables, and the shares of a small town can move by a point or two.
Questions about Cullingworth’s residents
What is the population of Cullingworth?
The 2021 Census counted 3,096 people in Cullingworth’s built-up area.
What is the average age in Cullingworth?
The median age was 45 at the 2021 Census, older than 54% of UK towns. 7.7% of residents were 15 to 24 and 23% were 65 or over.
How diverse is Cullingworth?
93% of residents described themselves as White British in 2021, against 73% across England’s towns and 71% across West Yorkshire’s towns. 3.6% were born outside the UK.
What religion are people in Cullingworth?
43% said they had no religion and 48% that they were Christian at the 2021 Census; 2% were Muslim and 5% didn’t answer.
Is Cullingworth good for families?
28% of households had dependent children in 2021, against 29% across England’s towns. Schools are on Cullingworth’s schools page.
Sources: ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area (TS002, TS003, TS004, TS007A, TS008, TS015, TS017, TS019, TS021, TS029, TS030, TS039, TS044, TS045, TS062, TS067). All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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